What needs to be clarified
Compare the available evidence of conditions before handover, on return and after interventions without assigning blame in advance.
Materials to prepare
- Boat documents, identifiers and storage handover and return records
- Original photographs of the disputed area with known recording circumstances
- Operating, maintenance and restoration history and details of retained parts
What to compare
- Establish whether images from different stages show the same area
- Separate recorded damage from assumptions about when it arose
- Account for repairs, restricted access and changes to the examined condition
Possible outcome of the analysis
A possible outcome is a report on available damage features and a list of missing information needed to examine possible causes.
Limits of the conclusions
A description of a leak alone cannot establish its cause; special access, dismantling and testing are agreed separately.